You can never have too many slot machines. I know the one from Clay is a Williams/WMS. Hope some of the others are Bally.

Also, mark your calendars for May 16-18th as well

A possible pinball event in SE Michigan. Now in the works but could change. Just keep one of those days open if you might want to attend. Will be good if it pans out.

Sometimes it is best for someone to stop in and get it going as well as show the owner some simple tips for future reference. Plus, as a friend of tamoore, he gets it gratis.

Amazingly, you are not getting as much snow as us as this is not from the Lake Effect™ machine.

Trivia: My first dinner date with the gal who became Mrs. Bally was at the then Frisch's Big Boy now known as Ciao! at the Monroe Street exit on US 23.

There most certainly was a secret knock to get admitted to Flipper City.

Replacing the radiator on my car. The extreme cold on Tuesday did her in. Not frozen coolant as I checked it a day earlier since the cold temp warnings were being advised . Coolant mix checked in at -37F.
A real pita as the front end of the car has to come off.

Just ask any of the workers/members and they will point me out.

Must be an LE.

A guy I used to work with told me to watch that movie.

When I did and we started discussing certain scenes, I recall his words; That is SO hot.

If it is at the Warren trrminal, consider renting a truck from Home Despot for $40.00 and picing it up Saturday morning. I believe that is a Saturday terminal.

Probably not what you want for a prop:
Gottlieb Queen of Diamonds. Complete. with NOS backglass, bullseye targets and chromed NOS coin door (original painted door in rough shape included) Flaking original BG (6/10) also included. All four bumper caps, while included are badly faded with light bulb burns.

location zip 48188 $1200.00

Ballyhoo '31-'32 models only, also Gottlieb Baffle Ball & Whiz Bang. Rock-Ola Jig Saw and other 100% mechanical games are allowed.

You wouldn't recognize downtown Flint these days... The Genesee Bank/Genesee Tower was imploded several weeks ago. Also, The IMA auditorium, which became part of Auto World and housed it's IMAX Theater is gone as well. So is Buick City.

^^^^^ ?

Agreed, it was too crowded last year. Very difficult to get on any pin to play. Not a very good value for two day passes for my son & I.

Early '80's clubwear on hot girls was the best. Sprinkle in that makeup & hairstyles. Great stuff.

As I've said in other threads, I remember taking the boards out of two Hyperballs, smashing the glass and sledgehammering the cabinets and tossing them in the dumpster. I believ this was in the Spring of 1983. They had zero value, earned nothing and none of the fellow techs wated them. Even at $0.00 I kept the balls for mischeif purposes. Eventually, we tossed the circuit boards into the shitcan as well.

I should have saved the backglass but who knew.

I helped clean out Fred Bragenzer's warehouse not too far North of TC (Ironton?). The route op I worked for bought a tuckload of EM's from him in 1983. Video games crashed and pins were now making more than new video games. The op had the bright idea that EM pins would also earn. It was a neat experiment which failed miserably.

For a classic example of an addiction gone crazy, try to make it to John Dayhuff's pre-PATZ party in Battle Creek. If you can't, there is always his Saturday bash in the Fall. And, before Memorial Day is Tamoore's bash near Grayling.

Here we go..

Most in attendance will be pinheads. I'll be one of the technicians there in an orange vfw shirt.

We all hope everything works out well for your son. You will be there in spirit. Save your paypal receipt, while I cannot speak on behalf of the VFW management, hopefully, we can work something out for you at a future event.

Ballykid goes to MSU, He told me don't waste my time there. Ann Arbor location has way more pins and they play great. Just like vid says which I agree with as I stop in there every couple of months.

Ballykid was there last night. Besides TWD, they also have a Mustang pin. Unlike TWD, but like a majority of new vehicles purchased, it's a base model; Ecoboost Inline 4 and an Automatic

This is the event that you had to buy a machine from him in the past (at regular club prices) to be invited to, correct?

Mark is an A#1 guy. I used to work with him when he was in the corporate world.

Agreed....

I take it you don’t buy airplane tickets, stay in decent hotels or rent cars?

Agreed cash is King. For personal hotel stays, Ill pay in cash for single nights. But I have to give a credit/debit card for "incidentals".... Unless i'm part of a prepaid group.

For airfare credit/debit is all that works for me. Same for renting a car from the large firms.

Hope those that are dogging cfh are happy now that the charity event is cancelled.....

Posts 195/197/199 in this thread caused it: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dayhuffs-15th-wow-annual-pinball-party-inviteplease-rsvp

That started it. Then the pm's from a-holes.

Those of us who volunteer to work the event have a good time as well. We're proud of the event and the venue we are part of....

Thanks a lot to those that ruined it.

The new Flex Lanes on Northbound US 23 were just completed on Monday of this week which provided faster access than ever before for invited VIP guests to the "Black Tie Friday" Charity gala.

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For the food, yes, weight down slightly. By value, up.

Meh, Skylab was supposed to crash here in '79 as well. I think some of it landed in Oz.